us from going off the cliff. it set the conditions to grow again. it's a better batting average than investment bankers. >> where are the 5 million jobs -- >> i want to move on here to medicare and entitlements. i think we've gone over this bit enough. >> by the way, any letter you send me, i'll entertain. >> i appreciate that. >> let's talk about medicare and entitleme entitlements. both medicare and social security are going broke and taking a larger share of the budget. will benefits for americans under these programs have to change for the programs to survive? mr. ryan? >> absolutely. medicare and social security are going bankrupt. these are indisputable facts. look, when i look at these programs, we've had all tragedies in our lives. i think about what they've dope for my own family. my mom and i had my grandmother move in with us who was facing alsz h alz him ears. after my dad died, my mom and i got social security survivors benefits, helped her go back to college in her 50s, where she started a small bus